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Ubuntu Studio 12.10 a user review
I have an old Asus 17″ laptop which I use mostly for testing purposes and the other day I installed UbuntuStudio 12.10 on it. UbuntuStudio is supposed to be the complete and all around multi media creative suite. It comes … Continue reading
Enlarging photos – Gimp vs. Photoshop vs. Qimage – REVISITED
I have decided to revisit my old post about enlarging photos with Gimp vs. Photoshop and Qimage since I found out there is a better way to enlarge photos, albeit more CPU heavy, in Gimp. In my old post I enlarged … Continue reading
Sigma Photo Pro on Linux and color profiling
When I first started my little Linux journey or better say Linux experiment in may 2011, I set a few goals. My intention was to see if I could switch my photographic work entirely over to Open Source programs. I … Continue reading
System76 vs Apple IMac: price vs specification
A friend of mine talked to me the other day about buying a computer for professional video editing and was just wondering about how accomplished Linux is in that regard. Although I am more confident to talk about Linux and … Continue reading
Enlarging photos – Gimp vs. Photoshop vs. Qimage –
One thing I have to do more often then not is enlarge my digital prints for printing. Unlike with traditional film which you can scan on a flatbed scanner and get incredible resolution for printing, I have to use … Continue reading
I have been buzy
Yes it has been a long time since I bloged and the reson for it is a happy one. My daughter was born june 29th. So running a home with a new born and a 2 year old is full … Continue reading
Parliament in Iceland
There was a report in Iceland not long ago about how much cost the Icelandic parliament spends on paper printing and copying, which is about $236.000 a year. The report asked the question why not buy an Ipad for every … Continue reading
Is Gimp a functional replacement for Photoshop in the technological infrastructures of modern society?
I got a bit carried away with the title. Basically the question is can Gimp do everything I need? Since I started looking in to free and open software and reading more and more about the Free software foundation and … Continue reading
Gimp article and Pear Os
Well folks. What have I been up to these days? Well I have been battling with my Asus A7m laptop to get it working with Pear Os for a few days. It seams to be unstable with all effects running … Continue reading
Ubuntu 12.04 lts review
Well folks I finally got my Asus A7m 17″ laptop back from repair after having the mother board replaced. Everything workes fine except I haven’t been able to access the hidden partition to restore my Windows XP operating system which … Continue reading
Birgir Freyr 